Santa Margherita
Basilica of Santa Margherita is a neo-Gothic style, Roman Catholic church, located just outside the Tuscan town of Cortona, Italy, at the intersection of Via delle Santucce and Via Sant Margherita, on a hill just below the Fortezza Medicea, and dedicated to a native saint of the town, Margaret of Cortona.Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Nikolai Maria Jakobi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: Roman Catholic church, near Cortona
- Also known as: “Basilica of Santa Margherita” and “Santa Margherita, Cortona”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fortezza del Girifalco and San Niccolò church.
Fortezza del Girifalco
Castle
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fortezza del Girifalco is a castle, which is situated 150 metres east of Santa Margherita.
San Niccolò church
Church
Photo: Sansa55, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Niccolò church is situated 200 metres southwest of Santa Margherita.
San Cristoforo
Church
San Cristoforo is a small, Roman Catholic church located at the intersection of Via San Niccolò and Via dell’Orto della Cera, in central Cortona, Province of Arezzo, region of Tuscany in Italy. San Cristoforo is situated 220 metres west of Santa Margherita.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torreone and Camucia.
Camucia
Village
Camucia is a small town in Tuscany in central Italy. It is a frazione of Cortona. Sitting at the base of the hill on which Cortona lies, it serves as the railway station for the historic town, on the main Florence - Rome line.
Santa Margherita
- Categories: minor basilica, shrine, building, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Cortona, Val di Chiana, Arezzo, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
43.27647° or 43° 16′ 35″ northLongitude
11.99237° or 11° 59′ 33″ eastOpen location code
8FMH7XGR+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 123379240OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q3635749
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Santa Margherita” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣玛加利大圣殿”
- Chinese: “科爾托納聖瑪格麗特”
- Dutch: “Santa Margherita, Cortona”
- French: “Basilique Sainte-Marguerite de Cortone”
- French: “église Santa Margherita”
- German: “Basilika Santa Margherita”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Santa Margareta, Cortona”
- Italian: “basilica di Santa Margherita”
- Italian: “Basilica di Santa Margherita”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Margherita (Cortona)”
- Portuguese: “Santa Margherita”
- Slovenian: “Bazilika sv. Margarete Cortonske”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fortezza Medicea del Girifalco and Porta Santa Margherita.
Nearby Places
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